
You can following the 3 simple steps to get Java 8 work on your existing Kepler on Mac. In eclipse itself you have to specify the jdk-location (compiler, java) again, and I don't know, whether a system-variable (%USB_DRIVE%) will work here, but I would give it a try. This post shows how to add Java 8 support to eclipse Kepler. To anyone curious as to how I was even able to get eclipse color themes working (on Mac) at all (because it was a massive hassle), I had to first find the plugin on the internet archive and download a zip version, and install into eclipse from local archive because the link in the eclipse marketplace is completely broken (as well as the. %USB_DRIVE%/eclipse/eclipse -vmargs -Xmx256M Whether it's sufficient is up to your tests. My usb-stick conforms only to usb-1 - perhaps an usb-2.0 situation is better. This should work, but of course usbsticks are of low performance, compared to harddrives, so I guess it will not be much fun, to run javac and java that way. I guess you realized, that the drive-identifier 'F' may vary from machine to machine and circumstances (other attached usb- or external drives). Click the Start button to start both Apache, MySQL, and FTP server as services. After clicking the XAMPP icon, it will display the below popup window.

After install, you can start it by clicking the XAMPP icon in the Finder /Applications folder. If you don't have that version of the operating system, you'll need to either upgrade or do your class work in a public cluster.

Running java from an usb-stick on windows should be possible, if you set PATH and JAVA_HOME: After you download the XAMPP mac os version, double clicks it to install it. Stanford Eclipse will only work on Mac OS X version 10.6 or higher.
